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IA HF 579

died on adjournment

A bill for an act relating to certain amounts of school district funding for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs or alternative schools, or returning dropouts and dropout prevention.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IA HF 579 pass?

No. IA HF 579 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-14): Subcommittee: Dawson, Quirmbach, and Schultz.

What is IA HF 579 about?

IA HF 579 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to certain amounts of school district funding for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs or alternative schools, or returning dropouts and dropout prevention.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 579?

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION is the primary sponsor of IA HF 579.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Latest action
2025-04-14 — Subcommittee: Dawson, Quirmbach, and Schultz.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-14

    Subcommittee: Dawson, Quirmbach, and Schultz.

  2. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Ways and Means.

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-07

    Placed on calendar.

  4. 2025-04-07

    Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  5. 2025-04-01

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2025-03-31

    Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 12:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.

  7. 2025-03-19

    Explanation of vote.

  8. 2025-03-18

    Subcommittee: Shipley, Quirmbach, and Taylor.

  9. 2025-03-17

    Fiscal note.

  10. 2025-03-13

    Read first time, referred to Education.

    reading-1

  11. 2025-03-13

    Message from House.

  12. 2025-03-12

    Immediate message.

  13. 2025-03-12

    Passed House, yeas 92, nays 4.

    passage

  14. 2025-03-12

    Amendment H-1042 adopted.

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-03-10

    Amendment H-1042 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  16. 2025-02-26

    Fiscal note.

  17. 2025-02-24

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-03-12 · pass · 92-4

    Member-level votes (102)
    • Amos: yes
    • Jr.: yes
    • Andrews: yes
    • Baeth: yes
    • Bagniewski: yes
    • Barker: yes
    • Behn: yes
    • Bergan: yes
    • Blom: yes
    • Bloomingdale: yes
    • Boden: yes
    • Bossman: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Brown-Powers: yes
    • Collins: yes
    • Cooling: yes
    • Croken: yes
    • Determann: yes
    • Dunwell: yes
    • Ehlert: yes
    • Fett: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Gaines: yes
    • Gearhart: yes
    • Gehlbach: yes
    • Gerhold: yes
    • Gjerde: yes
    • Golding: yes
    • Gosa: yes
    • Grassley: yes
    • Gustoff: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Henderson: yes
    • Hermanson: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hora: yes
    • Ingels: yes
    • James: yes
    • Jeneary: yes
    • Johnson, C.: yes
    • Johnson, R.: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Judge: yes
    • Kaufmann: yes
    • Kniff: yes
    • McCulla: yes
    • Konfrst: yes
    • Kressig: yes
    • Kurth: yes
    • Latham: yes
    • Lawler: yes
    • Levin: yes
    • Lohse: yes
    • Lundgren: yes
    • Madison: yes
    • Matson: yes
    • McBurney: yes
    • Meggers: yes
    • Meyer, A.: yes
    • Meyer, B.: yes
    • Mohr: yes
    • Mommsen: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Nielsen: yes
    • Nordman: yes
    • Olson: yes
    • Rinker: yes
    • Scheetz: yes
    • Scholten: yes
    • Sexton: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sieck: yes
    • Sitzmann: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Sorensen: yes
    • Srinivas: yes
    • Stone: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turek: yes
    • Vondran: yes
    • Weldon: yes
    • Wengryn: yes
    • Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
    • Wheeler: yes
    • Wichtendahl: yes
    • Wilburn: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wilz: yes
    • Windschitl: yes
    • Wood: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Zabner: yes
    • Wills: yes
    • Cisneros: no
    • Dieken: no
    • Thomson: no
    • Williams: no
    • Jacoby: absent
    • Open: absent
    • Siegrist: absent
    • Wulf: absent

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Official source

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 579&ga=91

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